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...monster is the real political correctness. It doesn't seem to be consistent with the founding intention of the concept--what Director of the Harvard Foundation Dr. S. Allen Counter has often called "the collective insistence on human decency." American society has only raised up this monstrosity because it misunderstood how to realize the principle...

Author: By Jia-rui Chong, | Title: Understanding Political Correctness | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

...misunderstood, I am very much in support of having a shopping period. Most students find it a valuable opportunity and important necessity. But there are number of things that make this cherished tradition a bit less unpleasant...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: Once More Into the Fray | 9/17/1998 | See Source »

Tripp's "I am you" speech was similar to the one given earlier in the day by another misunderstood victim, Mike Tyson. He wanted the New Jersey Athletic Control Board to know that biting off Evander Holyfield's ear hurt him deeply--although Tyson's ear is just fine while Holyfield's needed surgery. Similarly, Tripp would have us believe that everything she did hurt her more than it hurt Monica. Now that Monica is accusing her for the first time--of helping to write the talking points--she may actually find out what being accused of a felony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With Women Like These... | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

...pound Jones's sad-sacking couldn't have anything to do with his habit of signing papers "Adolf Hitler" and "Snow White" -- and why penalize him for the age-old Nebraska legal tradition of setting bonds of "a gazillion pengos," as he is accused of doing? Throw in his misunderstood indoor Grucci impersonation along with allegations of swearing routinely at court staff and making improper physical contact with a female judge, and you've got the makings of a high-tech lynching, as another wise man once said. Jones's suit says he was discriminated against by Nebraska's sole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Weight of the Evidence | 7/29/1998 | See Source »

...last winter I went to the Chamber of Commerce banquet and explained that I had been misunderstood. It all depended on how many fountains there were, I said. I didn't want to dismantle a fountain if we had only one more fountain than Rome. I didn't want to lose the edge. I didn't want to arrive in Rome some day and find a sign saying, "Piu fontane di Kansas City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Steak Through The Heart | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

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